The grand opening signs are still hanging outside the door, but the first three weeks have been anything but business as usual for the team at Complete Vapors in Unity Township.”We have six open locations at this point and we have no problems anywhere else,” owner Dylan Ritko said.It started six days after the store opened on Dec. 31. Surveillance video shows someone smashing through the front door at the store. Ritko said the store’s supply of one product was taken and nothing else.Monday night, less than two weeks after the first break-in, it happened again. This time the suspect is seen smashing out the window to the store.”Now that we have so much plywood on the walls, it looks bad,” Ritko said. “We don’t want our employees to feel scared to work there.”State Police tell Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 two juveniles are in custody and facing charges connected to the break-ins. Police said the juveniles were residents at a nearby Adelphoi home for at-risk teens and children and admitted to breaking into the store.Ritko said he is happy to have the answers, but cleaning up is still a chore. He estimated it will cost about $6,000 to replace the door and window. Still, Ritko said he is hopeful the juveniles involved can get the help they need.”We wish them the best,” Ritko said. “We hope this is a pivotal time in their life that they get stuff figured out and they choose the right path from here on.”
The grand opening signs are still hanging outside the door, but the first three weeks have been anything but business as usual for the team at Complete Vapors in Unity Township.
“We have six open locations at this point and we have no problems anywhere else,” owner Dylan Ritko said.
It started six days after the store opened on Dec. 31. Surveillance video shows someone smashing through the front door at the store. Ritko said the store’s supply of one product was taken and nothing else.
Monday night, less than two weeks after the first break-in, it happened again. This time the suspect is seen smashing out the window to the store.
“Now that we have so much plywood on the walls, it looks bad,” Ritko said. “We don’t want our employees to feel scared to work there.”
State Police tell Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 two juveniles are in custody and facing charges connected to the break-ins. Police said the juveniles were residents at a nearby Adelphoi home for at-risk teens and children and admitted to breaking into the store.
Ritko said he is happy to have the answers, but cleaning up is still a chore. He estimated it will cost about $6,000 to replace the door and window. Still, Ritko said he is hopeful the juveniles involved can get the help they need.
“We wish them the best,” Ritko said. “We hope this is a pivotal time in their life that they get stuff figured out and they choose the right path from here on.”
https://www.wtae.com/article/vape-shop-broken-into-twice-in-two-weeks-westmoreland-county/38807074